CVE-2015-8953

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8953

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8953.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8953

Related

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8953

Published

2016-10-16T21:59:03Z

Modified

2024-11-21T02:39:31Z

Severity

5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.6 uses an incorrect cleanup code path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (dentry reference leak) via filesystem operations on a large file in a lower overlayfs layer.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.2.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.2.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.2.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}